Whether you are religious or not, this is a perfect poem to share with your husband for a special occasion. I love my lady ...

You know nothing about them ... and The Highwayman remains one of my favourite poems ever. My favourite love poem is also The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, though for very different reasons to ...

Duffy uses the metaphor of an onion to describe the complexity of love in her poem 'Valentine'. "Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion." On the face of it, Carol Ann Duffy’s ...

Have you ever compared someone ... “How do I love thee?/ Let me count the ways.” Quite possibly one of the most well-known poem openings ever, it comes from Elizabeth Barratt’s How Do ...

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...

If that’s you ... I love the imagery swirling around in the poem, often continued over several lines such as the ‘living sea of waking dreams’ which then becomes the ‘shipwreck of my ...

I and my love-child stand up together to-day and sing ... If the kids are clamoring for funny Thanksgiving poems, you’ve landed on a winner. As the excerpt above makes clear, Dunbar writes ...

may I introduce you to my friend Philip? Or perhaps you’ve already met. No one would call “Party Politics” a masterpiece: Commissioned for a 1984 issue of Poetry Review devoted to “Poetry ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry ... you. Or create a character and tell their story – think of Swift’s love triangle ...

The indie-pop singer-songwriter makes her literary debut with ‘Eat the World,’ an insightful and introspective collection ...

Wedding readings are a case in point. The internet has more love poems that you could shake a diamante-clad veil at, but choosing something that speaks to you is a tough proposition. Unless you ...